| Churni River | |
|---|---|
 A stretch of Churni river, Radhanagar-Kalinarayanpur | |
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| Native name | চূর্ণী (Bengali) |
| Location | |
| Country | India |
| State | West Bengal |
| Cities | Ranaghat |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Mathabhanga |
| • location | Majhdia |
| Mouth | Bhagirathi |
• location | Mangaldwip |
| Length | 53 km (33 mi) |
The Churni River is a distributary of the Mathabhanga River and a tributary of the Hooghly River, flowing through Nadia district in West Bengal, India. The Mathabhanga River itself is a distributary of the Padma River. The Mathabhanga-Churni is one of the three Nadia Rivers [1]—Bhagirathi, Jalangi, and Mathabhanga. The Mathabhanga-Churni system is also an Indo-Bangladesh transboundary river.[2]
- ^ Hunter WW (1875). A Statistical account of Bengal. Vol. II. Trubner & Co. London. P: 18-33
- ^ Sarkar B, Islam A and Das BC (2020). Anthropo-Footprints on Churni River: A River of Stolen Water. In Das et al. (2020) eds. Anthropogeomorphology of Bhagirathi-Hooghly River System in India. Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN (eBook) 9781003032373. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003032373